Creative Playthings 1968 Picture Dominoes Set painted wooden cutout IL in the 1970

IL in the 1970

and clearly their good design sense carried through to their signage

" These have become quite prized collectibles

Plus the pewter walnuts themselves are just great objects

made by Creative Playthings in 1955

Creative Playthings 1968 Picture Dominoes Set painted wooden cutout IL in the 1970Creative Playthings, based in Princeton, NJ, made some terrific teaching toys with great graphics, like these wooden picture dominoes, which are super cheerful, and also indestructible, I think! (though the box was not!) Same rules as dominoes, but with turtles, snails, flowers, fish, birds and ladybugs rather than numbers though they're also just fun to arrange in different patterns of pictures and colors! 28 tiles in total, in very good condition,